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Stage 1 so far

This has been a crazy week! Stage 1 of Wribly is more than half way through with 4 days left for submissions. So far we have 31 submissions, 7 of which are still in the running after a whopping 274 votes!! The number of subscribed users has increased to 34 (mostly thanks to the facebook ads I have running). It is very nice to see that people are participating and sending their ideas and suggestions on how to improve the site.

There are still many kinks that I need to figure out how to resolve, such as:- While a few of the users come to the site regularly to vote, most of them only come after I send an email reminder. – Many users don’t realize that, even though voting is ongoing, submissions are still open. Because we are doing head-to-head voting, late submissions are not punished (nor benefited) compared to older ones.

I have to admit… I am a bit nervous about stage 2 of the project. This will be a crucial step. Why? I am not sure people will be willing to develop someone else’s idea. In my eyes, stage 2 is one of the most creatively demanding, since we need to flesh out (in one page) the flow of the story. Playing with Wribly in the past, stage 2 has been the most fun for me. I just have to cross my fingers now that other participants will give this stage a chance.

If you have any ideas on how to resolve any of the issues stated above, or how to motivate people to participate, please drop me an email at info@wribly.com… all feedback is welcome!